Australia Literature and Language

ballad, assonance, aliteration, and sibilance

In Australian slang, women are referred to as "sheilas". The term is not usually applied to girls, but to grown women.

An emu parade is organised to pick up rubbish and litter.

It is a popular practice of primary school principals, to organise an emu parade in the school grounds to clean up the area.

"Bickie" or "bikkie" has two meanings.

It is most commonly a shortened form of "biscuit", which is the equivalent of the American cookie. "Do you want a bickie?" is a friendly way of asking someone if they'd like a biscuit.

When in the phrase "big bikkies" it refers to a large amount of money. "That must be worth big bikkies!" would be a way of expressing amazement at the opulence of a mansion.

Storm Boy, by Colin Thiele, was set in the Coorong of South Australia.

Henry Lawson was one of Australia's best known poets and short story writers. Born on 17 June 1867, on the Grenfell goldfields in New South Wales, he became one of Australia's best-known fiction writers of the colonial period.

Much of Lawson's works dwelt on the Australian bush, accurately depicting the difficult conditions of life on dry, dusty outback stations and in bush towns. Unlike his contemporary, A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, he did not romanticise life in the bush, and any humour he displayed tended to be dry and sardonic, rather than like Paterson's larrikin wit. Lawson gained a loyal following after the Bulletin started to publish his stories and poems in 1888.

Canadians

pat means a loyal and caring person who was born with great sence of respect

Good question. After being shoved in the swagman's swag, it's never actually stated whether the swagman ate the jumbuck or it was released by the troopers.

"Keen" can mean either sharp or eager.

Given that there are hundreds of Aboriginal dialects in Australia, there is no single answer to this question.

John Oxley was born in England in 1783 and came to Australia in 1802. He was made Surveyor-General of the New South Wales colony in 1812.

The "dog and bone" is rhyming slang for "phone".

Practical application: "Will ya shuddup, I'm on the dog and bone."

Drongo

Kaurna means 'men' or 'people' in the Ramindjeri or Ngarrindjeri language. The Kaurna are an indigenous people of the Adelaide plains in Australia.

"Hooroo" is a cheery way of saying "goodbye".

In 1915, Australians spoke much as they do now, but without the influence of the American accent and slang.

Its Cathy Freeman! OK!
Sir Macfarlane Burnet became the first Australian to be awarded with the first Australian award in 1960.

Dreaded dill

173cm or 5'8"

Tiwi is the original language. The Tiwi people by and large do not speak the complex language that they possessed before European settlement but speak a mixture of English and 'modern Tiwi' which is a grammatically simplified form of the language considerably influenced by English 'load words' and sentence structure.

There are estimated to still be over 200 Tiwi who speak a form similar to the old language, but these are generally older folk. There are about 2000 who speak a modern form of the language.

If you mean jumbuck, it's a mature male sheep. The Buck-Jumper Is a short story by Henry Lawson, who was a famous Australian writer back in the early twentieth century.

Henry Lawson was one of Australia's best known poets and short story writers. Born on 17 June 1867, on the Grenfell goldfields in New South Wales, he became one of Australia's best-known fiction writers of the colonial period, and really promoted a sense of what was Australian.

Much of Lawson's works dwelt on the Australian bush, accurately depicting the difficult conditions of life on dry, dusty outback stations and in bush towns. He was a realist who showed the hardships, yet also showed Australians' strength through these hardships. He promoted the concept of the 'underdog' rebelling against authority (e.g. his poem "Freedom on the Wallaby") and standing up for individual rights and the rights of the downtrodden minorities. Even today, Australians tend to have a bit of a problem with authority.

If you point a finger towards a person in India it means you are arguing or against the views of the relative person. It is a symbol of argument. It is rude.

An attainder is a state a prisoner enters once he has been removed of all civil rights.